dashcam
noun
dash·cam
ˈdash-ˌkam 
variants
or less commonly dash cam
or dashboard camera
plural dashcams also dash cams or dashboard cameras
: a video camera mounted usually on the dashboard of a vehicle and used to continuously record activity through the vehicle's windshield
Typically, police dashcams are used to gather evidence during traffic stops.—
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As the dashcam video from his car shows, Felix jumped onto the side of the moving car — placing himself in mortal danger — and then immediately shot Barnes to death.
—David French, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
In his dashcam video, Benson can be seen stopping his car as his husband rolls down a window to ask the teens to repeat the slurs.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Emanuel, Chicago mayor at the time, controversially delayed the release of dashcam video of the murder.
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—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
The jury awarded a Special Mention to The Perfect Neighbor, a film that uses police bodycam and dashcam video to document a shocking 2023 case in Florida where a white woman shot to death her Black neighbor.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2025
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David French, Mercury News, 6 May 2025
In his dashcam video, Benson can be seen stopping his car as his husband rolls down a window to ask the teens to repeat the slurs.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Emanuel, Chicago mayor at the time, controversially delayed the release of dashcam video of the murder.
10.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2025
The jury awarded a Special Mention to The Perfect Neighbor, a film that uses police bodycam and dashcam video to document a shocking 2023 case in Florida where a white woman shot to death her Black neighbor.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Dashcam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dashcam. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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